Topic: What PS5 Games Are You Currently Playing?

@LtSarge you’re right, it doesn’t get much better in infinite wealth. The “reuse” you pointed out is not much better there.

Substories lost a lot of their charm over the course of the series. That can’t be denied.

You’re not necessarily wrong in the second paragraph. Y:LAD does take a while to go through. And yeah this is a complaint I’ve heard (and agreed with) on IW. Like I said, it’s a downward spiral from Y7 to Y8.

@Th3solution Just mentioning you, to keep you updated - I've just completed the RPD building section of the game. I have one First Aid Spray to spare and am currently at 'Fine' Green levels of health! How are DS2 and your other games going? Some aspects of the puzzles were, well, quite, puzzling, haha, and the Lickers were the only enemies to actually have a negative impact on my health and cause me to find the need to heal. Great game so far.

Anybody going to pick up “Thank Goodness You’re Here” today? It looks like a funny and unique experience that can be completed in a couple of hours.

@BlAcK_SwOrDsMaN yeah there should be a healthy amount of sprays to find, but alternatively you can also just save herbs do combine them letter. It’s quite efficient.

@BlAcK_SwOrDsMaN Glad to hear that you’re making progress and it’s still enjoyable.

I have taken a break from DS2 for a couple weeks. I made some small progress with Immortal of Aveum this week and finally have the grappling hook, which opens up a lot of new areas. Mostly enjoying it still. I’ve made it this far, so I want to finish it.

I made a pause on my DS 2 playthrough after beating the Old Iron King and lighting the second primal bonfire. It seems a good place to take a small break. I have some great weapons and Hexes available though and so I should be fine to jump back in anytime without suffering any large setbacks.

@Th3solution Sounds like the grappling hook makes a lot of difference then. It's good that you've got that that as another string to your gaming bow! I beat William Birkin's first phase this morning with one shot from my infinite ammo (DLC-purchased) Rocket Launcher, and now I have a Mixed Herb in addition to my First Aid Spray and haven't taken any damage from the boss fight. It's a good place to be!

@Th3solution Congratulations on your victory agains the Old Iron King, he's a DLC boss, right?
I heard the quality of the DLC for DS2 is exceptional, and greatly elevates the status of the vanilla game when it is coupled with it. Sounds like a good build, be sure to update me when you're next playing again!

I've noticed I go through this cycle with a lot of Sony AAA games where I start it, almost immediately hate major aspects of it, but slowly warm up to it as I continue playing it. Did that with Marvel's Spider-Man recently (still cleaning up collectibles before I head into the DLC). Did that with God of War 2018. When I stopped Ghost of Tsushima, I was still in the hate phase, so I'm hopeful when I go back I'll warm up to it like I did the others.

@BlAcK_SwOrDsMaN Actually this Old Iron King is one of the base game bosses. It is confusing though because I think there is an Iron King DLC also. I haven’t got there yet.

Good luck with the remainder of RE2. Are you enjoying the horror aspects? It’s quite a scary game at some parts.

I finished Planet of Lana - enjoyed it a lot - I'm still playing Days Gone - fun but I still have some issues with it - and I started Jedi Survivor. I like the combat and exploration but technically that game is a mess. I heard it used to be a lot worse and partly that's why I waited for so long to pick it up. But it still can work and look like crap at times.

Ys 8 for me! I’m about to reach chapter 3. The game is great, although the map direction could have been much less complicated to navigate.

@Th3solution I've only had two so-called 'jump-scare' moments so far, one when a zombie almost ambushed me from an un-boarded up window, and another time when a licker ambushed me and took a chunk off my health, but apart from that it hasn't really been frigthening.

Good luck with DS2 when you get back to it, and especially with the ,typically for FromSoft, much harder DLC.

Yeah REmakes don’t have many Jumpscares, if at all. I think REmake3 only had one from my memory, at least most of them were sorta self imposed (I have this somewhat Bizarre phobia where I do not like being chased even in a virtual setting, called dykotophobia if I remember the spelling), I still didn’t find the games super scary and you kinda treat them like normal action shooting games after a while. Have fun.

@Falcon94 Congrats on your bargain. I am keen to play that game as well, it's on my list in PS4 Backloggery and Most Wanted Thread. Feel free to keep me posted on your adventures in the game whilst obviously avoiding any spoilers if poss.

I have been playing through Resident Evil 2 REmake some more, close to the halfway mark, I feel. Just tango'ed w/ some zombie dogs, they took a decent chunk out of my health unfortunately, but fortunately I had a mixed herb to cope w/ that. Moving onto the Clockower next. Oh yeah and killing one of the dogs earned me a random trophy, it was behind a grate if that helps anyone trying for the plat.

My main game right now is Outriders, which I'm enjoying quite a bit. I also just tried the demo for Gori: Cuddly Carnage and it is now most probably a day one buy for me. It's the weirdest game I've played in ages and I was disappointed when the demo ended. I dunno why, but it feels like one of those games from the PS3 era that becomes a cult classic.

I’ve gone back to Nioh 2, I didn’t beat it so I just started again. Been struggling to get into anything on the PS5 recently, mostly been replaying games I’ve beaten for the platinum like old Assassin’s Creed or Kingdom Hearts games. Somehow burnt out on Lost Judgment in the literal final chapter too so I do need to finish that. Nioh’s been pretty good though, I still don’t really find myself as engaged as I was with the first one, but the progression systems are good and the missions are well designed. Been maining high axe which is working out pretty well!

Don’t think I can overstate just how good Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown is. I’m currently cleaning up the map as I near the end and it’s more apparent than ever. The platforming is so tight, the combat and boss fights are excellent (and extremely well balanced), the art style and comic book flourishes feel fresh and interesting, the narrative is well written and well delivered and the progression is perfect for this type of game. I highly recommend this to fans of PoP and metroidvania’s alike. Currently my game of the year. Hope Ubisoft make more like this.

@Jimmer-jammer That's great, that you're enjoying it so much. It's certainly on my Wishlist of games to buy/play at some point further down the line. I am currently taking a break from RE2 REmake at the moment as I was starting to feel too much like an action hero, if that makes sense - that's the thing about games, you have to balance all this over-masculinised stuff with some more emotive hobbies like jazz guitar or reading classics of literature if your consider yourself a statistically more-evolved male, at least that's how I feel about it, as someone who doesn't approve to strongly of the violent/misogynystic lyrics of certain hip hop artists I'm sure you can relate? I know you have your arts projects anyway.

Anyway, I'm sure when I dive back in my DLC-purchased Rocket Launcher and infinite ammo submachine gun will make short work of William Birkin's latter phases in addition Mr. X/Tyrant, I am nearing the Clocktower phase of the game now so at least halfway roughly.

Anyway, just to conclude, I am not to say that we as male gamers should neglect our masculine sides just balance them out with more traditionally perceived-to-be feminine interests such as the arts, literature, and culture. Thoughts?

@Jimmer-jammer I agree wholeheartedly with your statement. If it wasn’t for Dragon’s Dogma 2, PoP The Lost Crown would be my GOTY. I played it exclusively on my Portal and popped the platinum trophy for it. I’m excited for the DLC expansions.

I just purchased Still Wakes The Deep. I’ll probably dive into that this weekend. In the meantime, I’m still playing Ys VIII on the Vita. I’m hoping to have that game, and the platinum, wrapped up within the next couple of weeks.